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November 08, 2011 10:06:41am |
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occupywallstreet
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Re: OWS issues - IRS urged to probe The Koch-Cain Connection |
The Koch-Cain Connection
IRS Urged To Probe Ties Between Cain Campaign and Billionaire Koch Brothers
• http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/8/koch_cain_connection_irs_probe_ties
The campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain took another hit on Monday [Nov 7] when a fourth woman emerged to accuse him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. But the allegations of sexual harassment are not the only controversies surrounding Cain. Also on Monday, the Wisconsin-based Center for Media and Democracy filed a complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether one of his top aides has used tens of thousands of dollars from a tax-exempt non-profit organization to fund Cain’s political activities. Citing leaked financial records, the Center says Cain’s campaign manager, Mark Block, used at least $40,000 dollars from his group, Prosperity USA, to pay for Cain’s private jets, air travel and computers when he was exploring a presidential bid. Block founded Prosperity USA just last year. The leaked records cited in the complaint also suggest extensive financial ties between Block’s Prosperity USA, the Cain campaign, and the right-wing advocacy group founded by the billionaire David Koch, Americans for Prosperity. Block stepped down from heading the Wisconsin arm of "Americans for Prosperity" to run Cain’s campaign. We speak with Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, about its request that the IRS to investigate the group’s tax-exempt status, and other ways Block may have been funneling money to political campaigns.
7 Nov 2011 DemocracyNow interview with Center for Media and Democracy - 09:00
• http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/8/koch_cain_connection_irs_probe_ties
This post was modified by dead-head_Monte on 2011-11-08 18:06:41
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November 08, 2011 10:20:12am |
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occupywallstreet
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Re: OWS issues - Koch Bros suppressing Voters Rights |
Are the Koch brothers denying your right to vote?
Koch brothers exposed by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation
Through their web of political influence, billionaire political operatives Charles and David Koch have bought access to democracy's lifeblood: free and fair elections. The Kochs have funded efforts to thwart 21 million Americans from voting and Koch dollars helped write and propose voting suppression bills in 38 states.
04:18 - Uploaded to YouTube by brave_new_foundation on Nov 3, 2011
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwOTm3ShQh0
This post was modified by dead-head_Monte on 2011-11-08 18:20:12
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